An excerpt from Wealth Strategies for Today’s Physician: A Multi-Media Playbook. Physicians of all specialties are different from the average U.S. investor in several important ways. This statement reflects data in key areas that impact fundament…
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The hidden bias in how we treat chronic pain
As a health care writer and data analyst, I hear frequently from patients who are being denied safe and effective pain care due to unscientific bias on the part of U.S. health care agencies—and sometimes on the part of otherwise once-reputable medical …
The origin of medical licensing exams
In January 2022, the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 transitioned to a pass/fail format, sparking debate over how best to assess physician competence in an era where medical misinformation proliferates online. Although medica…
Focusing on medicine’s core, not administrative chores [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Physician executive Grace E. Terrell discusses her article, “Physicians must innovate and focus on medicine’s core, not chores.” She introduces the conce…
When America sneezes, the world catches a cold: Trump’s freeze on HIV/AIDS funding
On the 20th of January 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that initiated a freeze on foreign aid, including the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This abrupt suspension of funding has triggered a global heal…
Burnout isn’t ironclad—and neither are we
Ah, burnout! That word is used so often in medicine that it now has its own ICD-10 code. Medical professionals are no strangers to pushing beyond exhaustion, running on fumes, and convincing ourselves that a steady IV drip of caffeine and sheer willpow…
Biologics are not small molecules: the case for pre-allergy testing in an era of immune-based therapies
“Once it’s in your body, there’s no taking it back.” That’s what the infusion nurse told a friend of mine after administering the injection. She had just started a biologic medication for an autoimmune condition. Immediate…
Clinicians must be scrupulously honest in and out of work
An excerpt from From Error to Ethics: Five Essential Lessons from Teaching Clinicians in Trouble. Clinicians must be scrupulously honest in and out of work About 70 percent of the clinicians who attended the course had been accused of dishonest conduct…
Pandemic reflections: a nurse anesthetist on trauma, loss, and finding hope [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Nurse anesthetist Christine King discusses her article, “The heartbreaking pandemic story I will never forget.” Reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic five years …
The stigma surrounding diabetes harms those living with the condition. It’s time to finally stamp it out.
Canadians have rallied together like never before to support each other and stand up for Canada in the face of U.S. tariffs and annexation threats. People living with diabetes need that same spirit of solidarity around them to defeat a persistent stigm…
